PDF | The objective of the paper is to study the feasibility of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) driven by solar thermal energy as a renewable energy.

\This chapter presents an overview of the current state of the art in the ORC technology and exposes the main target applications. The modelling of such a cycle ...

This paper presents a thermodynamic analysis and a comparative study of the cycle efficiency for a simplified steam cycle versus an ORC cycle. The most commonly ...

ORCs utilize clean energy resources: geothermal fluids, solar irradiation, ocean thermal gradient, heat from biomass combustion and waste heat from industrial ...

Jul 23, 2016 · PDF | [en] This paper considers a whole range of ORC applications, in terms of power (from the kW-scale to the multi-MW plants), ...

PDF | The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is commonly accepted as a viable technology to convert low temperature heat into electricity. Furthermore, ORCs.

A large discussion is about the interactions between thermodynamics, the plant engineering and the design of turbomachines. In Sect. 3.5 the thermodynamics of ...

PDF | [en] This thesis contributes to the knowledge and the characterization of small-scale Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC). It is based on experimental.